Showing posts with label World Lit 1 1st w/o 10/8/07. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 11, 2007

Brianna's Vocab


veracity

Definition: truth, honesty
POS: Noun
Related Words: authenticity, accuracy
Sentence: The young girl swore her veracity to the police in the station.

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impugn

Definition: Challenging something said to be truthful
POS: Verb
Related Words: confront, challenge, avoid (a)
Sentence: The student impugned the teachers statement.

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impeccable
Definition: unable to do wrong or bad
POS: Adjective
Related Words: perfect, flawless, faultless
Sentence: The fashion designer had impeccable taste when it came to clothing.

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duplicity

Definition: Speaking or acting in two different ways
POS: Noun
Related Words: contradiction, negation,
Sentence: The hypocrite acted with much duplicity.

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subterfuge

Definition: trick or plan to escape a rule
POS: Noun
Related Words: trick, ploy, ruse
Sentence: The robber devised a subterfuge to overcome the law.

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Rachel's Vocab

Veracity

Discription: truthfulness, correct and accurate.
Related Words: synonyms- true, precision, honest
Sentence: The veracity of the judge was evident.
Part of Speech: noun











Impugn
Discription: to doubt or think something is false.
Related Words: synonyms- challenge, dispute, oppose
Sentence: the defendant impugned the fact that he was accused of murder.
Part of Speech: verb











Impeccable

Discription: clean, perfect, flawless
Related Words: synonyms- accurate, correct, errorless
Sentence: The girls report card was impeccable.
Part of Speech: adjective











Duplicity

Discription: lie, trick, mislead
Related Words: synonyms- doublefaced, scheming, slyness.
Sentence: The patient told the
Part of Speech: Noun










Subterfuge

Discription: hide, conceal, evade.
Related Words: synonyms- dodge, hoax, pretend
Sentence: Anne Frank's apartment was a subterfuge.
Part of Speech: noun

Lisa's Vocab

11. Veracity

Description- always true
POS- noun
Synonyms- actuality, trueness, sincerity
Sentence- To get a good job you must be veracity.
12. Impugn
Description- to attack something and say that it is false
POS- transitive verb
Synonyms- charge, censure, accuse
Sentence- The defendant impugned the prosecutor while he was on the stage.

13. Impeccable

Description- incapable of sinning
POS- adjective
Synonyms- perfect, faultless, unimpeachable
Sentence- She had impeccable timing where ever she went.
14. Duplicity

Description- doing or saying two contradicting things at once
POS- noun
Synonyms- deceit, dishonesty, unfaithfulness
Sentence- The lawyer was called out for his duplicity in the case.
15. Subterfuge

Description- a deceptive device
POS- noun
Synonyms- trick, maneuver, dodge
Sentence- The army’s subterfuge would really deceive the enemy.